환자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 患者, from 患 (“sickness”) + 者 (“person”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸwa̠(ː)ɲd͡ʑa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [환(ː)자]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hwanja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hwanja
McCune–Reischauer?hwanja
Yale Romanization?hwān.ca

Noun

환자 • (hwanja) (hanja 患者)

  1. a medical patient
    • 2023 April 21, SAMG ENTERTAINMENT, Youtube‎, sourced from Secret Catch! Teenieping episode 5:
      환자 발견, 즉시 치료 개시, 삐뽀!
      Hwanja balgyeon, jeuksi chiryo gaesi, ppippo!
      Discovered a patient, commence treatment promptly, ppippo!
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